3 teens, 2 from Danbury, charged with criminal mischief

News-Times, The (Danbury, CT), STAFF REPORTS

Published 1:00 am, Monday, August 18, 2008

NEW MILFORD - Three teenage boys - two from Danbury and one from Southbury - were charged with several counts of criminal mischief after they damaged cars and mailboxes in an area that extended from the Big Y plaza to some Route 202 neighborhoods, according to police.

Chad Lollie
, 18, of Stadley Rough Road, Danbury;
Edward Essa
, 18, of Rolfs Drive, Danbury; and
Andrew Brown
, 19, of Old Field Hill Road in Southbury; were all charged with two counts of first-degree criminal mischief, three counts of second-degree criminal mischief and four counts of third-degree criminal mischief. They were also charged with having weapons in a motor vehicle after authorities found a stun gun, police said.

Police said the youths were arrested on Saturday after receiving complaints from neighbors in the Crawford Road and Park Lane West areas as well as Aspetuck Ridge Road and along Route 202 about criminal mischief that included damaged car windshields, uprooted and destroyed mailboxes and even a street sign.

One of the seven vehicles were reported damaged was hit with a guitar, police said. Several of the mailboxes were destroyed when the youths kicked and jumped on them, according to police.

Police estimated the youth's damage at about $22,000.

All three are scheduled to appear in Bantam Superior Court on Aug. 25.